Only this green, not disappointing the spring

Recovering her confused thoughts, Li looked at her eldest daughter anxiously.

"Big sister, please tell me what we should do. I am in a mess and my mind is blank."

"Mom, let Xiaonan stay at home to look after Dad. Let's go find Grandfather and explain the seriousness of the matter to him."

In fact, Zhou Xiaoxi knew in his heart that it would be best to go directly to the head of the village, but he would definitely not meet him.

I can only persuade my grandfather to ask the head of the village for help. This is the only way to survive.

Li's eyes turned red and she wanted to cry again, but she tried her best to hold it back.

Her eldest sister was only twelve years old, but she behaved more like an adult than she did. She couldn't be so cowardly any longer.

"But sister, that old man Dong became the village head because of his indirect relationship with the county magistrate. He is selfish and ruthless. Even if your grandfather asks him to beg, he will not agree."

"We can always find a way, Mom, let's go. Xiaonan, you have to be brave and take good care of our dad."

Zhou Xiaonan nodded with tears in her eyes. She was actually very scared, but what her sister and mother had to do was more difficult, so she had to be sensible.

It was late at night, and the weeds on both sides of the road were filled with the buzzing sounds of insects. Under the moonlight, Zhou Xiaoxi and his mother Li stumbled to the door of Old Man Zhou's house.

When Xiaoxi's grandmother just passed away, Old Man Zhou lived in her uncle's house for a while, but he felt very uncomfortable there, so he moved back to the old house.

The location of this old house is a bit remote and far away from other neighbors.

The old man likes quietness when he gets older, which is the main reason why he doesn't want to live with the children.

Old man Zhou was a little hard of hearing, and Li knocked on the door for a long time but no one answered.

Zhou Xiaoxi took over from Li and pounded on the door even harder.

After more than ten breaths, I finally heard an old voice, "Who is it? It's the middle of the night. My old bones can't stand it!"

"Grandfather, I'm Xiaoxi. My mother and I came to discuss something with you."

Hearing no one answer, Zhou Xiaoxi continued:

"I have already guessed most of the abnormalities in the village. If you don't open the door, my mother and I will stand at the door and not leave. If one day doesn't work, then we will stand at the door for two days. As long as we are not dead, we will wait for you to open the door. You want to force my family to death, then we will die together! Anyway, my family will not be happy, so what is there to be afraid of!"

Zhou Xiaoxi spoke quickly and urgently. She was afraid that if she spoke too slowly, Old Man Zhou would have already run back into the house, and all her efforts would be wasted.

It was a matter of life and death, so Zhou Xiaoxi fought with all his might.

Old man Zhou, who was about to turn around and run back to the house, stopped with difficulty.

This sharp-tongued granddaughter is so hateful. It turns out that if she is not from the Zhou family, she is unfilial!

Why did you agree to let Li adopt her? If you sell her to someone else as a child bride, you can get a lot of money for free! After cursing a few times and hesitating for a while, Old Man Zhou still opened the door.

As the old saying goes: The soft are afraid of the hard, and the hard are afraid of the desperate. If I don't open this door today, who knows what these two mothers will do!

"If you have anything to say, just talk in the yard!"

After saying this, Old Man Zhou turned and walked into the main room, sat on a small stool, and stared at the mother and daughter with a gloomy face.

Taking a few deep breaths and loosening his clenched fists, Zhou Xiaoxi stared straight at Old Man Zhou until the other man coughed dryly and couldn't help but lower his head.

"Grandfather, do you still remember Zhou Changkuan who has the same surname as us?"

"Since he went crazy, the villagers rarely saw him. He has been missing for the past two years. Everyone thinks he is dead."

How could Old Man Zhou forget? Just because the two families have the same surname, they should be extra close.

Things have changed and the people in that family are now dead or very old. It's so pitiful.

But why did this girl mention their family? She has a lot of crooked thoughts, huh!

"I once accidentally heard a peddler who came to our village talking to someone about something similar."

"If two blood relatives live too close together, the baby born to the couple is likely to be a freak, missing arms or legs, or with extra fingers or toes. In short, there are all kinds of appearances."

"This kind of thing doesn't just happen among us humans. He's also seen a monkey with two heads. As for why, he doesn't know either, but it has nothing to do with ghosts or gods."

Zhou Xiaoxi knew why, but she couldn't tell him. If she did, she would be regarded as a monster. Li was no exception.

"As far as I know, Zhou Changkuan's wife is his mother's niece, right?"

"To put it simply, Zhou Changkuan's family was wrongly accused. His wife and son were killed by the villagers. Just because the villagers were ignorant and stupid, they burned the mother and son to death!"

Old man Zhou interrupted Zhou Xiaoxi angrily, his face flushed and his hands trembling.

"Shut up! You two are here to tell me these old stories in the middle of the night? If you have nothing else to say, get out of here!"

Li, who had no chance to say anything, just stood quietly beside her daughter and held her little hand tightly, letting her daughter feel her support and encouragement.

Zhou Xiaoxi pressed on step by step.

"Why didn't you let me speak? Because your two good sons were among those who held torches to kill the mother and her son!"

"You are obviously very close to them because you share the same surname, but because you are afraid of being implicated, you let your two sons rush in first! Why should I mention them? Because things are changing, my father, your youngest son, and his wife and daughter will soon be burned to death!"

Zhou Xiaoxi spoke faster and faster, and her voice sounded childish in the middle of the night, but it made people tremble in their hearts.

"You don't have much affection for this son, right? After all, he hasn't been around to show his filial piety to you for so many years. How can he be as close to you as your elder uncles? But grandfather, how much of the money you have saved was given by this youngest son? Only you know best!"

"If you don't agree to help us today, I will let everyone in the village know tomorrow that everyone in our Zhou family has been infected with something dirty by my father. Let's die together!"

Zhou Xiaoxi spoke louder and louder, and faster and faster, as if only this could vent her long-pent-up anger.

The cruel look on his face became more intense, which frightened Old Man Zhou. Is this child really only in his teens?

I subconsciously grabbed the pipe and wanted to take a few puffs, only to find that it was not lit.

Old man Zhou clenched his shaking hands and asked slowly,

"How do you want me to help you? I think everyone in the village knows that the third brother is possessed by an evil spirit. Little Xi, it's not that your grandfather doesn't feel sorry for your father, but there are only a few of us in the Zhou family. How can we fight against the whole village?"

Maybe I was a little scared, and my voice sounded a little tearful at the end.

"I have no choice. I can't let my whole family be buried with you!"

Zhou Xiaoxi would not be fooled by these few words.

"Grandfather, you just need to go to the village head tomorrow and ask him to help clarify things with the villagers. My father is just sick, and the rumors out there are pure lies."

"You are too naive, girl. The head of the village is worried that this is true. How can he help us?"

Old man Zhou kept shaking his head, thinking that his granddaughter had some extraordinary abilities and that he was just frightened by her for a moment.

"If he doesn't help, we'll use threats."

Old man Zhou sneered directly.

"What threat can we use? If we had this ability, would we still need to look for the head of the village?"

Ignoring Old Man Zhou's ridicule, Zhou Xiaoxi continued to explain,

"You just need to have your uncle go to the city early tomorrow morning and threaten the village head that your uncle will stay in the city overnight. If his family doesn't pick him up the next day, he will report to the police. He will sue the villagers of Huaihua Village for spreading rumors and causing trouble, and for taking human lives lightly!"

"Call the police?" Old man Zhou's hands began to tremble again.